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Nathan Kim
I’m a junior at Yale College double majoring in Ethnicity, Race, & Migration and Statistics & Data Science. I am broadly interested in a critical study of space and race, especially in how actions along these dimensions can destroy or advance global imperialism.
I have related interests in data visualization and interactive presentations. My strengths are in the R tidyverse, and I am also familiar with the data.table, Shiny, sf, and spatstat packages. I also have experience working in Python, Stata, Tableau, and Excel.
Education
Yale University
Majors: Statistics & Data Science; Ethnicity, Race, & Migration
New Haven, CT
Current - 2019
Publications
U.S. Regional Disparities in Physical Distancing: Evaluating Racial and Socioeconomic Divides During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Emma Zang, Jessica West, Nathan Kim, Christina Pao
N/A
September 2020
Upward Mobility Context and Racial Differences in Early Adulthood Mortality (forthcoming)
Emma Zang, Nathan Kim
N/A
July 2020
Work Experience
Yale School of Medicine
Research Assistant
N/A
Current - January 2020
- Studying the impact of Hurricane Maria-related road damage on methadone access in Puerto Rico using ESRI drive time analyses, OpenStreetMap road network data, and FEMA datasets on road damage.
DataHaven
Research Intern
N/A
Current - Summer 2020
- Currently writing reports and performing data analysis for DataHaven, a community action-oriented nonprofit creating reports and data analyses for the Greater New Haven community.
Population Studies Center at the University of Pennsylvania
Research Intern
N/A
August 2019 - May 2019
- Worked with Professor Irma Elo, Chair of Penn Sociology, on a project on county-level predictors of mortality in the US.
- Assembled a database and created a Shiny visualization app of socioeconomic, demographic, and behavioral health indicators; worked on a clustering project with the dbscan, VarSelLCM, and spedep packages in R.
- Cleaned data for various projects from sources including the NHIS, the ACS, the EPA EJSCREEN, and HRSA.
On-Campus Activities
Asian Students for Ethnic Studies
Secretary
N/A
Current - Spring 2019
- Hosting workshops on Asian American and Asian diasporic history. Creating infographics for Asian American Studies on curricula at Yale, the U.S. Yellow Power movement, and cultural imperialism enacted in food like SPAM.
- Advocating for the inclusion of Asian American Studies and other ethnic studies into the Yale curriculum.
Matriculate
Advising Fellow
N/A
May 2020 - September 2018
- Advised first-generation, low-income high school students in the college admissions process over video chat around two hours a week.
Leadership, Education, and Athletics in Partnership (LEAP)
Development Intern
N/A
December 2019 - September 2018
- Analyzed recent donor data in LEAP’s Development Office, with the aim of improving LEAP’s fundraising practices.
- Wrote letters to be used in fundraising campaigns, invited Guests of Honor for the annual LEAP Year Event fundraiser.
Asian American Students Alliance
Programming Chair
N/A
December 2019 - January 2019
- Spearheaded a task force on data disaggregation activism to build a RShiny data visualization app with nationally recognized group AAPI Data and host several political education workshops on the 2020 Census citizenship question and political representation
- . Invited and hosted playwright-activist Dimo Kim, cartoonist Dami Lee, and political activist Rita Pin Ahrens to discuss various forms of community organizing.
Korean American Students Alliance
Social Chair
N/A
December 2019 - September 2018
- Created “families” for club members, matching first-years and underclassmen with upperclassmen mentors to bond through KASY events. Planned and hosted social events like study breaks, mixers, and dinners.
- Planned and hosted social events like study breaks, mixers, and dinners.
UNITY Korean Drum Troupe
Member
N/A
May 2019 - September 2018
- Performing with traditional Korean drums like the jangu, buk, kkwaenggwari, and jing. Past performances have included the Korean Cultural Festival 2019 and the Korean American Students at Yale’s Adopted Friends Event.
Urban Improvement Corps
Tutor
N/A
May 2019 - September 2018
- Worked four hours a week as a tutor for two New Haven students in math and science.